Arsenal VG.36 C1 | Azur 1:48

Today I’d like to present the next finished model: Arsenal VG.36 C1 from Azur, 1:48th scale.

VG-36 was derived from VG-33 as next generation of promising line of fighters. Prototype of VG-36 had a new wider faired radiator bath with improved aerodynamics and a longer canopy, providing better view for the pilot. The main improvement however was a more powerful engine, Hispano-Suiza 12Y-51.

These changes resulted in much better performance, absolutely comparable to all best fighter planes of that era.

VG-36 was produced in only one prototype, which was unarmed.

During the German offensive it was moved to Société des Avions René Couzinet in Levallois-Perret (it was planned to produce this type of aircraft in that factory), where it was destroyed.